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With the possibility that some, even many, shots are being given with inert material, there arises the danger that the U.S. public is being lulled into a false sense of security about polio. While Vaccinventor Jonas Salk is suggesting that the present three-shot course of inoculations could be cut to two, more conservative polio experts are arguing that more shots, not fewer, are needed. Not enough time has elapsed, and not enough children inoculated with commercial vaccine have been tested, to show whether antibody levels high enough to give immunity are maintained for more than a year...
...Carolyn Conn, 30, faced Judge Harry G. Hershenson in Chicago because her ex-husband complained that she would not allow Salk vaccination of their daughter Alyson, 7. Mrs. Conn protested that it was dangerous and against her religious beliefs as a Christian Scientist. Said the judge: "I fail to see where a religious issue is involved." He set a precedent by ordering Alyson to be taken to a doctor and vaccinated...
Baring her left arm, the Seattle housewife stepped around the fire engine and up to the doctor and nurse waiting at the rear of the firehouse. Deftly the doctor inoculated her with 1 cc. of Salk polio vaccine, and seconds later she was on her way home. "Why," she exclaimed to a fireman at the door, "that line moves faster than the free-coffee line in a supermarket...
...though to stress the fact that he would never run for office, Aramburu made little attempt to win popularity on his trip to the south. The petitioners who besieged him for schools, hospitals, street paving-and Salk vaccine-got patient, unsmiling audiences but few promises. A worker on the state railways wanted a transfer to another job: Aramburu crisply reminded him that the railways have 30,000 surplus employees. A delegation wanted the government to build their city a recreation hall. "For a billiard parlor?" asked Aramburu. "That sport of idlers...
...University Health Service announced yesterday that it is now administering free Salk shots to any student under 30, since it currently has a surplus of dated polio vaccine. This limit for using most of this surplus will expire Thursday, after which free innoculations will be available only to those under...